Shloka 9

शकुनि (हिरण्मय-पक्षी) उपदेशः — Vighasāśin and the Difficulty of Gārhasthya

Devanagari script

शकुनिरुवाच यदि मां नाभिशंकध्वं विभज्यात्मानमात्मना | ततोऊहं व: प्रवक्ष्यामि याथातथ्यं हितं॑ वच:

Transliteration

śakunir uvāca yadi māṁ nābhiśaṅkadhvaṁ vibhajyātmānam ātmanā | tato ’haṁ vaḥ pravakṣyāmi yāthātathyaṁ hitaṁ vacaḥ ||

Translation

舍拘尼说道：“若你们不疑我，那么——仿佛在自身之中分出一位说者——我将对你们说出有益且如实的言辞。”

Word by Word

• शकुनिः: Shakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अभिशङ्कध्वम्: suspect (you all)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शङ्क्
• Form: Present, Imperative, 2, Plural, Atmanepada

• विभज्य: having divided/apportioned
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), वि

• आत्मानम्: oneself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मना: by oneself
• आत्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• वः: to you / for you
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative/Genitive, Plural

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will tell/declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Future, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada, प्र

• याथातथ्यम्: the truth as it is
• याथातथ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: याथातथ्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हितम्: beneficial
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakuni

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Speech should be both truthful (yāthātathyam) and beneficial (hitam). The verse frames ethical counsel as requiring trust and a commitment to state matters as they really are, not merely what is pleasing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakuni asks his listeners not to doubt his motives; he promises to speak a statement that is accurate and intended for their good, presenting himself as a counselor offering frank guidance.